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In <f11@drew.drew.edu> tlimonce@drew.drew.edu (Tom Limoncelli) writes:

> Then do it. Design and implement secure news. Since TCP isn't entirely
> secure, you'll have to add some authentication protocol on top of that.
> Since UUCP is spoofable, you'll need to use it there as well. It's not
> going to be easy.

However, Brad Templeton is always looking to take a dare and
would respond to this paragraph.  He'll suggest his cancel-password
scheme.  Though he'll admit something like way back in
<1992Jun24.065423.17252@clarinet.com> he <brad@clarinet.com> wrote:

> I pointed out back then the flaw in my own scheme.  The concept of
> a cancel daemon *is* useful for things like renaming groups, deleting
> groups, post-moderating groups and yes, even the legitimate control of
> crossposting.  (For example, if the charter of alt.cascade had read,
> "cascades are not to be crossposted to other groups" then a properly
> working cancel-daemon would be appropriate.)
> 
> Cancel passwords would make all this difficult or impossible.

Tom
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